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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 10:24am
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Dreamtime
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 10:37am
Hello Philip,
You know we cannot choose our parents but if I could I would have chosen my Mum a million times over and my Mum in law
coming in second, and thank you for giving me the chance to state that. ![]() ![]() |
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mayjan
Green Lane,Coventry |
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 11:34am
My mum was one in a million and I miss her every day. ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 3:02pm
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mayjan
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Sat 9th Mar 2013 4:27pm
On 9th Mar 2013 3:02pm, Dreamtime said:
It sure is Dreamtime...and a Nan and Great Nan. Happy Mothers Day to you x ![]() ![]() |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
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Sun 10th Mar 2013 1:39am
Oh, you are one up on me then I am only a Great nan, one 23 and one 14 so there is plenty
of time for me yet. Have a lovely day ladies, watch the chocs. ![]() |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Sun 10th Mar 2013 10:47am
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Thu 25th Jul 2013 8:18am
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bohica
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Thu 25th Jul 2013 4:55pm
I knew Gordon very well I had no idea he'd passed on. (Total shock!)
RIP Gordon. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Tue 25th Feb 2014 9:44am
Hi all
Another sad day today where Pam & I are attending (I am organist) another funeral service in remembrance for ninety one year old church member. Pam knew the lady well as she was also a surgery patient for many years.
As a church organist for over forty years, playing for funerals was part of the duty as an organist, just as playing for any other event, wedding or choir presentation & so on, was just a normality. At this point I wish to state my gratitude to Courtaulds Engineering Ltd, who always gave me totally free access, no matter what to perform that duty during normal working time.
Two things have change though for me in the last fifteen years. One is that my unreliable eyesight makes each play event more of a task, so I need far more forward preparation, but the other change, probably more important is that each funeral that I play for becomes entrenched deeply into my own mind like never before, just as though I am directly related. I am no longer detached in the sense that "It is just another funeral service" as I was actually taught to be, in just the same way that a medic needs to be detached when administering treatment to a patient. You know, "we are above it kind of thing". Maybe it's me getting old. When I was younger, my thoughts were that funerals were always for older people. How false a thought, as over the years it has been my sad duty to play for sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, husbands & wives. Not just grandmas & uncles. I am moved, knowing that this is being read by members on here who know exactly what I am saying, as they have experienced the grief & sometimes continue to do so. Few ever forget. |
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TonyS
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Tue 25th Feb 2014 9:52am
Heartfelt and extremely thoughtful words Philip, thank you for sharing. |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Thu 6th Mar 2014 2:19pm
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Thu 23rd Jul 2015 1:51pm
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Tue 4th Aug 2015 3:43pm
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
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Tue 4th Aug 2015 4:18pm
What a blessing it is to have such people on this earth Philip, these silent achievers who come and go and bring such joy and care to others. The world is all a better place for having had these people in the lives of those in need. You must have felt very proud to have been at that gentleman's funeral sevice, good on you. ![]() |
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